From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 31 17:55:48 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B51616A46C for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 17:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zhangweiwu@quasimodo.realss.com) Received: from bossdog.realss.com (bossdog.realss.com [211.157.108.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1882A13C46A for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 17:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zhangweiwu@quasimodo.realss.com) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by bossdog.realss.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B7EF1C8006 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 01:36:10 +0800 (CST) Received: from bossdog.realss.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bossdog.realss.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03852-16 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 01:36:08 +0800 (CST) Received: from [218.193.55.199] (224.226.77.125.board.xm.fj.dynamic.163data.com.cn [125.77.226.224]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bossdog.realss.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52ECC1C8005 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 01:36:08 +0800 (CST) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 01:34:09 +0800 (CST) From: Zhang Weiwu To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070601011624.G60291@quasimodo.realss.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bossdog.realss.com Cc: Subject: cannot enable VESA_800x600 raster text mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 17:55:48 -0000 Dear list I have been using raster text mode for years and I really like it. All I need to do is to put these options in kernel options VESA options SC_PIXEL_MODE For one box I have 'Rage 3D LT Pro AGP 133MHz (BGA-312 Package)' display, simply having these two options doesn't work (FreeBSD 6.1). 'vidcontrol -i mode' shows that graphical mode 800x600 is supported (at 8, 15, 16, 24 color depth) but run 'vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600' I always got: vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Operation not supported by device vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Operation not supported by device Note being able to find a clue I am starting to compile agp device into the kernel, hope it can solve the problem. Anyway please tell me if you knows the solution. Thanks a lot in advance. I also attached here 'vidcontrol -i mode' output: mode# flags type size font window linear buffer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0 (0x000) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 1 (0x001) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 2 (0x002) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 3 (0x003) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 4 (0x004) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 5 (0x005) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 6 (0x006) 0x00000003 G 640x200x1 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 13 (0x00d) 0x00000003 G 320x200x4 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 14 (0x00e) 0x00000003 G 640x200x4 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 16 (0x010) 0x00000003 G 640x350x2 2 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 18 (0x012) 0x00000003 G 640x350x4 4 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 19 (0x013) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 20 (0x014) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 21 (0x015) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 22 (0x016) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 23 (0x017) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 24 (0x018) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 26 (0x01a) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 27 (0x01b) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 28 (0x01c) 0x00000003 G 320x200x8 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 30 (0x01e) 0x00000001 T 80x50 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32 (0x020) 0x00000001 T 80x30 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 34 (0x022) 0x00000001 T 80x60 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 37 (0x025) 0x00000003 G 320x240x8 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 40 (0x028) 0x00000001 T 90x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 42 (0x02a) 0x00000001 T 90x30 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 44 (0x02c) 0x00000001 T 90x43 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 45 (0x02d) 0x00000000 T 90x43 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 46 (0x02e) 0x00000001 T 90x50 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 48 (0x030) 0x00000001 T 90x60 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 112 (0x070) 0x00000000 T 80x43 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 113 (0x071) 0x00000001 T 80x43 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 256 (0x100) 0x0000000f G 640x400x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 257 (0x101) 0x0000000f G 640x480x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 259 (0x103) 0x0000000f G 800x600x8 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 261 (0x105) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 263 (0x107) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 269 (0x10d) 0x0000000f G 320x200x15 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 270 (0x10e) 0x0000000f G 320x200x16 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 271 (0x10f) 0x0000000f G 320x200x24 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 272 (0x110) 0x0000000f G 640x480x15 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 273 (0x111) 0x0000000f G 640x480x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 274 (0x112) 0x0000000f G 640x480x24 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 275 (0x113) 0x0000000f G 800x600x15 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 276 (0x114) 0x0000000f G 800x600x16 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 277 (0x115) 0x0000000f G 800x600x24 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 278 (0x116) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x15 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 279 (0x117) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 280 (0x118) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x24 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 281 (0x119) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x15 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 282 (0x11a) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000 283 (0x11b) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x24 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x81000000